Question 1

Why pay when I can just call 911 directly?

Accepted Answer

911 stays free, and RoarAlert never places the call for you — the phone dialer still opens with 911 ready. What $9/month pays for is everything that happens in the seconds before a call is worth making: the loud siren, the live audio + video stream, the continuous GPS feed, and the live transcript that bring a real human (your emergency contact) into the moment, so they can decide what to do.

Question 2

What does the contact actually receive?

Accepted Answer

The moment the trigger word fires, RoarAlert email-fans-out to every contact on your list. Each contact receives a single live feed link with four signals running at the same time: a continuous audio + video stream from the single on-device camera, a running GPS trace, and a live transcript of everything spoken into the armed session. There is no separate app to install — the feed opens in their inbox, and they decide from there whether to call 911.

Question 3

Is GPS recorded and who can see it?

Accepted Answer

GPS is captured only while a session is armed, and only as a live trace visible inside the contact's live feed — it stops the moment you disarm. RoarAlert does not store a historical GPS log, does not sell or share location data, and does not send location to any server. Whatever your contact sees in the moment, they see in their inbox; nothing is pinned to a map after the session ends.

Question 4

Will recordings be stored safely and for how long?

Accepted Answer

Audio and video are captured from a single camera into one MP4 file that stays local on your device. Nothing is auto-uploaded, nothing is auto-shared, and nothing is auto-deleted. Recordings are kept in a 1-year on-device archive and accessible via the in-app review link. You decide what to share, when to share it, and who to share it with.

Question 5

Why a monthly fee and not a one-time purchase?

Accepted Answer

The $9/month keeps the live-feed infrastructure (the inbox delivery, the continuous stream, the GPS relay, the transcript pipeline) running the moment you need it — and that infrastructure has its own ongoing cost. A one-time purchase could not keep the relay live without either a separate subscription or a server you run yourself. The plan is small on purpose — it pays for the readiness, not a feature list.